Samsung takes a hard look at its iPad contender and comes up short . Elsewhere , Apple is back at the bargaining table with medicine labels and , despite its good travail , Microsoft is late to the tablet game . The remainders for Friday , March 4 , 2011 are right on time .
Samsung exec : Our tablet is ‘ inadequate’(CNN )
At least one of Apple ’s competitors has obviously take Steve Jobs ’s words to tenderness . Samsung executive Lee Don - Joo described the company ’s upcoming 10.1 - inch Galaxy Tab as “ short ” in light of the new announced iPad 2 . The companionship had planned to make the 10.1 - inch version more expensive than the 7 - column inch exemplar , which retails for $ 750 . On the upside , at least the companyhasn’t deal enough of Galaxy Tabsto have legions of frustrated customers .
Apple pronounce in Talks to deal ITunes emptor Unlimited Downloads for Devices(Bloomberg )
Apparently , Apple ’s in talks with euphony companies to set aside iTunes substance abuser to download birdsong multiple times . If an agreement is reached , you ’d be give up to redownload songs on your machine , just as you may redownload apps you ’ve already bought . Then again , such a feature might also give away that your purchase of the latest Jonas Brothers singlewasn’ta one - time fluke .
AirPlay Is come to Apps , Except the Ones You Use(GigaOm )
While HBO is apparently over taking advantage of Apple ’s AirPlay engineering science , Netflix has no plans to implement the characteristic for its iOS apps wheniOS 4.3 drops next week , pointing out that the Apple telly already has Netflix support . Surprising chasteness for a society that permit streaming to everything from my Xbox 360 to my wassailer .
Microsoft Said to contrive Windows Release for Tablets in 2012(BusinessWeek )
The caller that has attempt to invigorate the tablet market more clock time than George Lucas has rereleased theStar Warstrilogy will be trying once again … in 2012 . Yes , Microsoft is reportedly give tablets another shot , calculate for back - to - school time of year next year . To be fair , they need at least a twelvemonth to calculate out how to smushthe Surfaceinto something that fits in a backpack .
Apple iPad 2 launch ? Fix in - app purchases first , Apple!(NMA.tv )
If you ’ve been hold back breathlessly for the next installment of Taiwanese - produced CGI versions of current events , wait no longer : the late variation cover the in - app purchase foofaraw and includes an evil Steve Jobs stealing a house with a helicopter — a phrase I will no doubt never get to write ever again in my career .
